KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ An Evening of Player Pianos, 2 of 2
Analog Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
AM.1972.10.11.BProgram Length
105 minPart
2 of 2Dates
1972-10-11 | broadcast| 1972-10-07 | created
Description
Blues, pop and classical music is heard performed on two 50 year old player pianos. Charles Amirkhanian and Bill Schechner are guests in the home of Sally and Dale Lawrence and are invited to paw through 700 rolls, and play as many as possible. Amirkhanian and Schechner also interview Dick Rutlinger & Mel Luccetti, who are both members of the Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors Association (AMICA).Genres
Mechanical musicMusical Selections
Yes, We Have No Bananas / Silver & Cohn -- Temptation Rag / Henry Lodge -- If you knew Susie (1925) / DeSylva & Meyer -- Stumbling (1922) / Zez Confrey -- [unidentified piece] -- Ain't We Got Fun (1901) / Kahn, Egan & Whiting -- Scherzo Humoristique: The Cat and The Mouse / Aaron Copland -- Down When the Sun Goes Down -- Some Little BirdPerformers
Lee Sims, (Down When the Sun Goes Down)Subjects
Player pianoPlayer piano music
Mechanical pianos
Popular music
Piano music (Ragtime)
Related places
Kensington (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors' AssociationAmirkhanian, Charles
Schechner, Bill
Lawrence, Sally
Lawrence, Dale
Rutlinger, Dick
Luccetti, Mel
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990
Lodge, Henry, 1884-1933
Confrey, Zez, 1895-1971
Sims, Lee
DeSylva, BG
Meyer, Joseph
Kahn, Gus, 1886-1941
Egan, Raymond B., 1890-1952
Whiting, Richard A., 1891-1938